Author: Colin Richman
What is the difference between SCMD data and Rx-info data?
Posted in Announcement, News, Publications
With growing interest in the NHSBSA publication of the Secondary Care Medicines Data feed (SCMD) including the analytics by GPRx, OpenPrescribing and others, there are more questions about what differences there are between the open source SCMD and the data used by Rx–info systems within the NHS.
As we know them both in depth (as we collate both sets😇), here is a useful, expert reference guide!
Translabel revalidated
Posted in Announcement, News, Translabel
There are now 53 English / language pairings covering 16 standard pharmacy label texts (yes, that is 848 separate labels) – all free to use and professionally certified.
Please tell your colleagues!
Combine: See primary and secondary care spend and volume data in one place
Posted in Announcement, Combine, Integrated Care, News
As NHS primary and secondary care services come together under recently introduced integrated care systems (ICS) new opportunities are being created to maximise savings on medicines and adopt best prescribing practices.
Sharing data across integrated care systems will be an essential tool in achieving these aims. A new computer software package, Rx–info’s Combine makes this possible for the first time.